The mighty housemaids of ‘The Help’ were finally felled by a microscopic bug. Steven Soderbergh’s new all-too-plausible pandemic thriller ‘Contagion’ ended the three-week reign of ‘The Help,’ debuting at No. 1 and earning an estimated $ 23.1 million. The all-star disaster movie beat three other new wide releases to claim the top spot at the box office.
With predictions running in the $ 22 to $ 24 million range, ‘Contagion’ did… Continue reading 'Contagion' Spreads in Theaters: Box Office Report September 9-11


